Collection Highlights
Coach
ca. 1770
1911.25
Wood, iron, paint
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Luce Center
Coffee and tea service
Object name
Coffee and tea service
Date
1823-1824
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 11 5/8 x 6 7/8 in. (15.2 x 29.5 x 17.5 cm)
Description
Wrought silver coffee and tea service including a coffeepot, teapot, creamer, sugar bowl and waste bowl; squat, round bodies with tapering gadrooning and repouss
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Maria Banks Taylor
Object Number
1943.181a-e
Marks
engraved: in the reserves: the arms of the Banks family, a griffin on fess
stamped: on each body: "JA" in roman letters in a rectangle, a lion passant in a chamfered rectangle, a leopard's head in a shield, "h" in a chamfered rectangle and the king's bust in an oval.
Gallery Label
This coffee and tea service was given to Isabella Henderson Lenox (1789-1868) by her father, Robert Lenox, on the occassion of her marriage to William Banks in New York City, December 24, 1823.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
